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Elbaz offered up a virtual grab-bag of mid-century trends in his pieces, channeling David Webb and Seaman Schepps, while also throwing in mixed-metal jeweled links and bits from granny’s jewel box. Albaz’s chains were particularly strong—he showed them looped around wrists and ankles, attached to handbags, beneath transparent blouses and layered atop already bejeweled-and-sequined clothes.

But Elbaz is hardly the only one using a range of different materials and the odd flash of color in his pieces for this season. Young designer Amanda Urrego made her first necklace about a year and a half ago—a mix of chains and a large vintage key she found at an L.A. flea market. When musician and H. Audrey owner Holly Williams spotted it, she immediately asked Urego to do more. The result is the seductive new Many Will See, exclusively available at H. Audrey.

Urrego combines chains and pearls with brooches and finds from vintage and antique stores, as well as from literal granny jewel boxes—when friends’ grandmothers die, they know to call her up. “Not everything I use is super old, but I want an aged look and it’s hard to fake that.” Before moving to Nashville, Urrego worked for a couture clothier in Beverly Hills for three years, and it was there she was influenced to make things by hand. “I love being able to add in depth and layering,” she says. “I have a simple cross on a delicate chain made by a designer I love, but I also like the idea of a little chaos going on. And you can wear that with something very clean and simple.” Indeed, like so many this spring, her pieces can hold their own under structured jackets or anchor a simple diaphanous shift or tank. And, like those of Elbaz, they can add even more depth to already well-adorned dresses and tops. Either way, it’s high time to join the chain gang.

Pictured above, clockwise from far left: A look from the Lanvin Spring 2010 runway; detail from Many Will See Spanish Armada necklace at H. Audrey; an Elizabeth Locke Antique Roman Coin pendant on a hammered gold chain at Amanda Pinson; another look from Lanvin’s runway, inspired by David Webb; Many Will See Pearls and Chains necklace at H. Audrey. For more inspired chains, check out Forty Five Ten on TAIGAN.com

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